To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the spending on (a) NHS dentistry and (b) directly employed NHS community dentists for each of the last five years. [11091]
Expenditure on general dental services, the main element of national health service dentistry, and the community dental services in England between 1992–93 and 1996–97 is given in the tables. For the CDS in 1994–95 and 1995–96, we have only information provided by NHS trusts on their expenditure on paediatric dental community services. Information for 1996–97 will not be available until the end of the year.
| align="center">Table 1: General dental service: Expenditure1 on NHS dentistry from the year ending 1992–93 to 1996–97 | ||
| Expenditure on general dental services, England | ||
| align="right">£ million | ||
| Year | Gross expenditure | Net expenditure |
| 1992–93 | 1,306 | 911 |
| 1993–94 | 1,222 | 855 |
| 1994–95 | 1,279 | 896 |
| 1995–96 | 1,290 | 908 |
| 1996–972 | 1,323 | 940 |
| 1 Figures are based on appropriation accounts (cash) data. Net expenditure shows cost after taking account of patient charge income, net of refunds. | ||
| 2 Data for 1996–97 is provisional. | ||
Table 2: Expenditure on the community dental service from year ending 1992–93 to 1993–94
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Expenditure on community dental services, England
| £ million
|
Year
| Expenditure
|
| 1992–931 | 75.8 |
| 1993–941 | 78.5 |
1 The figures include all expenditure on clinical dentists and medical anaesthetic staff together with technical dental and secretarial support staff. It also includes staff expenses, drugs, other medical supplies, and all furniture and equipment. Based on annual financial returns of regional and district health authorities, and NHS trusts. | |
| align="center">Table 3: Expenditure on the paediatric dental community service from year ending 1994–95 to 1995–96 | |
Expenditure on paediatric dental community service, England
| |
£ million
| |
Year
| Expenditure
|
| 1994–951 | 84.0 |
| 1995–961 | 88.4 |
1 The figures include all expenditure on surveillance, investigation and treatment of dental disease in the community. It also includes overheads. The figure excludes dental health education and costs of fluoridation. | |